GenDroid

Create Android projects directly from your Termux or Linux without installing Android Studio.

Requirements

You need to have these tools installed

• jdk 17+
• gradle 7.6.3+
• git
• wget
• unzip
• java or kotlin

Installing

1. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/lipeedev/gendroid.git

2. Add to your path

mv gendroid ~/.local/share
export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/share/gendroid

3. Install Android SDK if you do not have

gendroid install-sdk

If you are using termux, type "y" in "is your architecture aarch64?"

Using

You can create your projects using

gendroid create

App Name - Project Name

Group - Group Name (ex: com.lipe)

generate the APK using

./gradlew assemble

./gradlew assembleDebug

./gradlew assembleRelease

use assembleDebug during development

APK file is on app/build/outputs/apk/ folder

Setting up IDE

• install LunarVim (Neovim)

• use this plugin to get autocomplete on LSP

lvim.plugins = {
  "hsanson/vim-android"
}

Editing UI (mobile)

• install LayoutEditor

• make your Layout / Screen

• export or copy xml generated code and put on res directory of your app